'Real Housewives' Tamra Barney removes implants after cancer scare

Published Apr 12 2012, 18:28 BST  |  By Catriona Wightman

Tamra Barney has revealed that she had her breast implants removed following a cancer scare.

The Real Housewives of Orange County star explained that she was told last year that she had cervical cancer that needed to be removed.

Barney told Life & Style that she was told the cancer was "bad" and "stage four", but that it was successfully removed.

However, she explained that the incident made her rethink her implants, saying: "I was freaked out that cancer would be behind the implants, so I took them out altogether... It's just one of those things where you're like, 'OK, you know what? I have to take control of my own body'."

Barney joked that her fiancé Eddie Judge likes her breasts "a lot better" now and revealed that she also has a "different outlook on life" now that she is in her 40s.

"You get a little more confident, giving up that part of you where you care too much what people think," she said. "It's the best thing I've ever done."

The seventh season of Real Housewives of Orange County airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.

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